When I found the Chicken stew recipe I also found this Chicken and Mushroom Pie recipe. In a frenzy of cooking, I made the stew and the pie one right after the other, on the same night. Both of the recipes are straightforward and can be amended to taste.

It was a chance for me to try out the Trader Joe’s pie dough. (Gasp. The slow slide into wicked ways of cooking.) It’s a solid pie dough that needs to be at room temperature to be pliable and easy to place in the pie pan. I didn’t read that little detail before I set to the task. I might have avoided fussing with pressing cracks closed, but it was a supple dough and easy to work. (Remember to read those all important directions even when the product comes out of a box.) I added peas and potatoes because an all meat pie didn’t much appeal to my sense of what ingredients are tasty for chicken pot pie. (My sensibilities were ruined by Swanson’s Chicken pot pies – where’s the peas?) I used one medium Russet potato cut into cubes – cooked up with the mushrooms and chicken.

It’s a hearty basic recipe that any imaginative cook can turn into a family favorite.

Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the chicken and fry until the chicken begins to turn white.

Add the mushrooms and continue to fry until the chicken is golden-brown.

Remove the chicken and mushrooms from the pan and set aside. Add the onion and garlic to the same pan and fry for 2-3 minutes or until softened. Remove from the heat and set aside with the chicken and mushrooms.

Melt the butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour and cook for about three minutes, stirring constantly until it has formed a thick smooth paste (this is called a roux).

Mix the milk and stock together in a jug, then add the nutmeg, white pepper and salt, to taste. Pour the liquid slowly into the flour mixture, whisking all the time until smooth. Simmer over a gentle heat, stirring constantly, for about five minutes or until the sauce has thickened.

Stir in the chopped parsley and pour the sauce over the chicken and mushroom mixture. Mix well, then spoon into a pie dish and leave until completely cool.

Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface until it is the thickness of a pound coin. Brush the edges of the pie dish with beaten egg, lay the pastry on top, press down the edges and trim. Brush the top of the pie with beaten egg and cut some leaf shapes out of the left-over pastry to decorate the top of the pie.

Make two or three slits in the top of the pie to allow steam to escape and then bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden-brown on top.

Put on your long underwear and throw an extra log on the fire! The Canadian clipper is blowin’ in tonight.

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Visual artist and writer hunting words, languages, visions, and insight in my kitchen - connecting Art (Kunst) and culture and slow food cooking. Credits: Do not own a microwave oven and never have. Do not own a food processor. Chopped veggies in a Zen monastery for a weekend. (Seriously) Classically trained artist. Paint and draw with traditional materials. Live in the Northland where it's six months of winter. Appreciate the little things in life. Sharing food and art experiences and the lessons that my talented and generous friends have given me.